Track dog blood

[MOO 730]

I have tried to ask the question to lads who have chosen track/raceing blood over tested working blood in there breeding programmes but they have not answered my question.

I read an article in EDRD nov 10 by Dave Slieght regarding this subject but disagreed with a few things he said .

So why do lads choose track dogs over the real deal workers as I cant see what they can offer apart from speed .

[chartpolski 23,698]

I think speed IS the only thing you get from track dogs, and if you want more speed in your line, then adding non-ped Whippet or racing Greyhound blood, providing you use the right dog, is just about guaranteed to add speed to a Lurcher line.

 

Cheers.

Edited March 18, 2011 by chartpolski

[MOO 730]

Well it looks like they dont want to or cant answer my question but there silience speaks a thousand words

[Country Joe 1,411]

Although I mostly ran Bedlingtong crosses, there was a local Lad who would breed the odd Litter of Collie X greyhounds using retired track bitches, most turned out good dogs, and on putting this cross back to a Track greyhound bitch produced a Bitch that was sold for a lot of money, none of the Greyhounds were coursing bred. I would just make sure that the Grew bitches had not had bad feet.

[arcticgun 4,548]

maybe they praying to produce a real freak of nature the sort of dog we all dream off, riskier than worker to worker though

Edited March 19, 2011 by arcticgun

[rocky1 942]

worker x worker every time for me

[NOG 48]

all these real deal dogs you speak of most have racing blood, you never seen an ex track grey working you'd know why if you did.

 

makes me laugh how people think ex track dogs are useless, well its been proved time and time again they can work not all but alot of them, we ow alot to the greyhound after all we wouldnt have as you put it real deal dogs.

Edited March 19, 2011 by NOG

[Bogger 243]

all these real deal dogs you speak of most have racing blood, you never seen an ex track grey working you'd know why if you did.

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[MOO 730]

all these real deal dogs you speak of most have racing blood, you never seen an ex track grey working you'd know why if you did.

Do not try and insult my intelligence and say that ex track greyhounds make decent workers they will not have the wind that an average lurcher would have ...Ive seen fit greyhound saturated lurchers have nothing left to the point of dropping and imo they had done very little compared to the lurchers that were still fresh and had plenty left in the tank

[NOG 48]

what blood is in your current lurchers moo? any greyhound

 

i do agree tho with you there far from the finished article, as you know thats why other bloods added to them producing the lurcher.

Edited March 19, 2011 by NOG

[Plong 21]

all these real deal dogs you speak of most have racing blood, you never seen an ex track grey working you'd know why if you did.

Do not try and insult my intelligence and say that ex track greyhounds make decent workers they will not have the wind that an average lurcher would have ...Ive seen fit greyhound saturated lurchers have nothing left to the point of dropping and imo they had done very little compared to the lurchers that were still fresh and had plenty left in the tank

It's because there fast though, fast dogs always tire before slow dogs. I have seen greyhounds that have been allowed to roam on a farm where they were kept. Most days they would wonder off looking for hares/rabbits they could run as long as a lot of lurcher's but every time they were taken coursing they got knocked out on the first course and looked slow. Problem with fast greyhounds is they always knock their toes up if the ground is a bit rough. I personally think there's a lot of lurcher's out there that could do with some fresh greyhound blood in there line. I go out lamping with a lad who has bred worker to worker for over 10 years, I have never said out to him but I bet I could get a mongrel from the dogs home with more pace than his latest pup.

Edited March 19, 2011 by Plong

[kanigra 110]

it doesn't just ad speed. greyhounds are very game dogs. also you can loose shape in your line & it can go to mongrelized going back to a pure bred ie grey,sal,deer,whip etc puts back good conformation.

[toby1066 413]

confirmation? since whens that important in working luchers who cares what the dog looks like if it does its job well confirmations for showing and showing means nowt.....

[WILF 46,940]

 

Do not try and insult my intelligence and say that ex track greyhounds make decent workers they will not have the wind that an average lurcher would have ...Ive seen fit greyhound saturated lurchers have nothing left to the point of dropping and imo they had done very little compared to the lurchers that were still fresh and had plenty left in the tank

 

I have seen you give the big lad some truly amazing slips of 300yd plus, a burnout quick jobby would be no good to you but down my way where there is a lot of ambient light and your hunting on half chances all the time, fast and furious would be ideal.

It wouldnt need much wind mate because every run is over and done with in seconds, that said you and I know that for real work you need a lot more than that.....

 

What you really want is a bull x, go on admit it!!

[sighthound1811 6]

i had an ex track bitch(my avatar) who would overshoot on rabbits was good an quick on hares but tired a lot faster than my wee lurcher an she went absolutely psycho if she saw a fox....good big game dog...bred her to a first cross beddie/grey an all the pups are doin really well now....the one i kept back for my mate will take anything you aim him at im sure most dogs wi greyhound in them will have track blood in the veins...atb..chris